Form to TIFF?

We have a client that wants a form that, after pressing the submit   button, converts the form information to a TIFF. Is this possible? I   know there are ways to convert forms to PDFs... would it be possible   to convert it to a PDF *then* a TIFF? We're running CF7. Thanks!

Melissa... Don't want to be cliche, but is there a specific reason they want a TIFF file? I'm sure it can be done, but I'd be more interested in their reasoning. Is it so that it interfaces with some other piece of software more easily? We have a client that wants a form that, after pressing the submit button, converts the form information to a TIFF. Is this possible? I know there are ways to convert forms to PDFs... would it be possible to convert it to a PDF *then* a TIFF? We're running CF7. Thanks!

Yep, Andy... that's exactly the reason. They're used to scanning in written forms and saving them in their cataloguing program as TIFFs. They may have the ability in the future (with new software) to use PDFs, but for now it's TIFFs or nothing. >Don't want to be cliche, but is there a specific reason they want a TIFF >file? I'm sure it can be done, but I'd be more interested in their >reasoning. Is it so that it interfaces with some other piece of software >more easily?

By the way... If you're not adverse to using the underlying Java language, there's libraries out there to save TIFF files: http://asprise.com/product/javatiff/ andy Yep, Andy... that's exactly the reason. They're used to scanning in written forms and saving them in their cataloguing program as TIFFs. They may have the ability in the future (with new software) to use PDFs, but for now it's TIFFs or nothing. >Don't want to be cliche, but is there a specific reason they want a >TIFF file? I'm sure it can be done, but I'd be more interested in their >reasoning. Is it so that it interfaces with some other piece of >software more easily?

When I saw 'form to TIFF', I figured that the client wants to fax the form contents. Melissa... Don't want to be cliche, but is there a specific reason they want a TIFF file? I'm sure it can be done, but I'd be more interested in their reasoning. Is it so that it interfaces with some other piece of software more easily? We have a client that wants a form that, after pressing the submit button, converts the form information to a TIFF. Is this possible? I know there are ways to convert forms to PDFs... would it be possible to convert it to a PDF *then* a TIFF? We're running CF7. Thanks!

There is Image.cfc and cfx_image. I don't know if they write to tiff. I have a bunch of code that uses cfx_image that I can dig up for you if need be. Let me know. hth G On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Melissa Cope <mcope@cade1.com> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

I'd looked into image.cfc already and it does not handle TIFFs. I appreciate your suggesting cfx_image though it doesn't appear to handle TIFFs either (and it only runs on Windows where we're running Linux.) >There is Image.cfc and cfx_image. I don't know if they write to tiff. I have >a bunch of code that uses cfx_image that I can dig up for you if need be. >Let me know.

If you are on linux you might want to look at Imagemagick and/or GD. I know that there a tons of libraries for them. They where (when I was doing PHP) the defacto image libraries. I imagine that you could call them using CFexecute but you might want to look at some of the php libraries as they will have a lot of the leg work done for you. Another option would be to use the native CF image libraries like image.cfc to render a jpeg or ping and see if you can convert it to tiff using either Java or the above libraries. hth. G On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Melissa Cope <mcope@cade1.com> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----